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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official

Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay Reuters
May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago
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USA-TRUMP/GABBARD — FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, Acting National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 18.
Kevin Lamarque, Reuters

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WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday she is resigning from her job as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from her role to help him.

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USA-TRUMP/GABBARD — Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, attends to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.
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